It's bound to happen sometime - your server's hard drive bites it, there's a fire in your office, someone breaks in and steals your computers -> something happens that you lose your data including the AyaNova database.

What do you do?

PRIOR TO ANYTHING:  Because you realize how much time and money it would cost to lose your data and have to re-enter it manually, as well as the cost of lost customer service history, unbilled items, etc,  you have been backing up the AyaNova database on a regular basis and taking the backup tapes/CD/DVD's off-site every day.

IF PREVIOUSLY USING THE STAND-ALONE DEFAULT INSTALLATION:

1. Download the trial AyaNova installation file from http://www.ayanova.com/download.htm
2. Install the trial AyaNova on to your computer taking the defaults
3. Run AyaNova - this will load the trial database and this is just fine, as at this point you just want to ensure everything installed correctly and the AyaNova program is running correctly.
4. Exit out of the AyaNova program
5. Restore from backup the AYANOVA.FDB file you have previously backed up before the loss - overwrite the existing AYANOVA.FDB
6. Now run the AyaNova program and confirm it is your licensed data that now is available.
7. This is also outlined in the AyaNova v4 Help file section on backup and restore for default stand-alone installation

IF PREVIOUSLY USING THE NETWORK FIREBIRD CONFIGURATION:

1. Download the trial AyaNova installation file from http://www.ayanova.com/download.htm
2. Install the trial AyaNova on to what will be your server taking the defaults
3. Run AyaNova - this will load the trial database in steand-alone default mode and this is just fine, as at this point you just want to ensure everything installed.
4. Exit out of AyaNova
5. Now perform the steps as outlined in the AyaNova v4 Help section for network Firebird configuration
6. Once you have confirmed you are successfully accessing the trial database via the network Firebird configuration, than restore your backed up AyaNova database file as outlined in the AyaNova v4 Help section on restoring

IF PREVIOUSLY USING THE NETWORK SQL EXPRESS CONFIGURATION:

1. Download the trial AyaNova installation file from http://www.ayanova.com/download.htm
2. Install the trial AyaNova on to what will be your server taking the defaults
3. Run AyaNova - this will load the trial database in steand-alone default mode and this is just fine, as at this point you just want to ensure everything installed.
4. Exit out of AyaNova
5. Now  perform the steps as outlined in the AyaNova v4 Help section for network SQL Express configuration
6. Once you have confirmed you are successfully accessing the trial database via the SQL Express configuration, than restore your backed up AyaNova SQL database file.

IF PREVIOUSLY USING THE NETWORK SQL SERVER CONFIGURATION:

1. Download the trial AyaNova installation file from http://www.ayanova.com/download.htm
2. Install the trial AyaNova on to what will be your server taking the defaults
3. Run AyaNova - this will load the trial database in steand-alone default mode and this is just fine, as at this point you just want to ensure everything installed.
4. Exit out of AyaNova
5. Now  perform the steps as outlined in the AyaNova v4 Help section for network SQL Server configuration
6. Once you have confirmed you are successfully accessing the trial database via the SQL Server configuration, than restore your backed up AyaNova SQL database file.

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